On August 16, 2019, the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting Speech First’s appeal in its challenge to the University of Texas at Austin (UT)’s speech policies. SLF argued that UT uses speech codes to make discussions of topics like Israel, immigration, abortion, and elections sanctionable events that could lead to reprimand, suspension, or worse.
Read the full brief below:
